Las Vegas council revokes US Motel license after police detail trafficking, narcotics and violent‑crime findings

The Las Vegas City Council moved Nov. 5 to revoke the business license of A2 Management LLC, doing business as US Motel (2500 East Fremont Street), following a city presentation that characterized the property as a chronic public nuisance. City staff and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officials detailed multiple investigations this year that they said tied the property to prostitution (including trafficking of minors), narcotics sales, violent incidents and an arson. The council followed staff recommendations and voted to revoke the license and attach a one‑year cool‑off period on new licenses for the property.

City attorneys and business‑licensing staff summarized enforcement history and regulatory violations: incomplete guest registers, unlicensed long‑term occupancy, repeated bounced checks, unpaid room taxes and multiple liens. Staff said the property was declared a chronic nuisance on Aug. 20, 2025, and emergency suspension of the business license was issued Sept. 12, 2025. LVMPD presented more detailed operational evidence: undercover purchases, search warrants yielding narcotics and firearms, multiple arrests (including charges of pandering and living off the proceeds of prostitution), recovery of juvenile victims during trafficking investigations and documentation of an arson incident with risk to nearby gas meters.

During the hearing, LVMPD Captain Adam Seeley and Lieutenant Jesse Colmerstein (vice/safe neighborhoods) summarized calls for service increases and undercover operations that led to prosecutions and employee arrests; Captain Seeley told council calls for service at the property rose sharply after the ownership changed in 2023. City staff proposed revocation or, failing that, a set of 12 strict conditions for continued operation — including ID and registration requirements, 24‑hour monitored security cameras with 30‑day retention, continuous contracted security staff, lighting and reporting requirements, and monthly tax remittance obligations.

Defense counsel Mike Beatty acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations and described remedial measures the licensee had taken, including terminating implicated employees and proposing 24‑hour security proposals and consultation from a retired LVMPD sergeant (Victor Vigna). Vigna, retained by the owner, presented a corrective plan including employee training, security proposals and more stringent tenant screening. Council members questioned the timing and sufficiency of remediation, noting much of the criminal activity occurred while the current ownership had been on notice and after multiple meetings with police in August 2025.

Councilwoman Diaz moved to follow staff recommendations to revoke the license and to apply the 12 read‑in conditions to future similar licenses at that property for five years, with a one‑year cool‑off for the current owner; the motion passed. The council’s action resolves the immediate licensing status and creates conditions governing future applications for that location. The city attorney noted that LVMPD may order emergency closure if conditions are violated and that staff will place the property on council agenda for any future disciplinary actions if compliance fails.